Meaning & use

purple-blue

adjective·Everyday

Having a color that is a blend of purple and blue, similar to indigo or violet.

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The bruise slowly turned a deep purple-blue over the following two days.

Twilight painted the mountains in soft purple-blue tones just after sunset.

A note on using this word

Purple-blue is a descriptive compound color term, most often used for natural phenomena like sky, water, or bruising.

Words with a similar meaning

indigoviolet

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